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Schkolnick, now a first-year student at the Law School, said she and her lawyer were "still hopeful" of convincing MCAD to overturn its decision. "If the case is decided on its merits, we stand a good chance," said Schkolnick, who has said that she has considered taking the club to court if her appeal is denied...
Governor Cecil Andrus, who is personally opposed to abortion, vetoed the bill late last week because it "was drawn so narrowly" and would "harm" Idaho women who became pregnant through rape or incest. Pro-life forces who had hoped the law would help persuade the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and ban abortion altogether will have to start over in another state...
...administrative policy of the U.S. military states that being gay is incompatible with military service. An executive order from the President or an act of Congress could overturn the policy, San Francisco author Allan R. Berube said yesterday...
...doing and we're not." Having thus dismissed the traditional concept of Christian marriage, Williams told a questioner in rather crude terms that Mother Teresa of Calcutta would be better off if she had had sex. All that was too much even for Bishop Spong, who also wants to overturn Judeo-Christian sexual limitations but encourages "committed" relationships, gay or straight, with lifelong monogamy as the ideal...
...powerful opponent. Two weeks ago, George Bush vetoed a bill to permit Medicaid to pay for the abortions of the victims of rape or incest. Last week, by a count of 231 to 191, the House of Representatives fell 51 votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary to overturn him. Bush then vetoed the District of Columbia's $3.4 billion annual budget because it includes Medicaid funds for abortion...